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Now I understand the American fascination with firearms. I want one! I want a big one!
That is a big extreme even for most USA citizens.
I resonate with the broadsword, a hulking, cumbersome weapon that's not easily wielded.
Talking of guns. I hear that emergency workers in some states wear body armour and carry guns when answering emergency calls. Apparently, gun attacks on emergency workers is a new sport in some states.
Col
New in the sense that we've only just heard of this. It may have been going on for ages.
Col
Don't believe everything you read on the internet.Talking of guns. I hear that emergency workers in some states wear body armour and carry guns when answering emergency calls. Apparently, gun attacks on emergency workers is a new sport in some states.
I dont. It was an article in a newspaper a few months back talking about the massive surge in gun ownership in the USA, and the fact that emergency workers in some states (not all) now carry guns for protection.Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
I dont think anything. I just go by what I read in the press and see on the BBC news, what else can we do?America is not the shooting gallery you seem to think it is. Unless you live on the south side of Chicago where 20 + people get shot every weekend.
Figure out why you only hear bad stuff and not good stuff. The answer is pretty standard - "If it bleeds, it leads". Negative news, especially with blood or guns involved, always draws more clicks than positive news and you can't resist it. So, you will always hear about shootings but you won't hear about good deeds because clicks dictate presentation position in the news feed. It warps your view of reality. America, with several notable exceptions (large cities run into the ground by Democrat mis-management like San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, and NYC) is a generally safe place populated by pleasant, helpful individuals.what else can we do?